Trajectory Calculations on the Fluorine Methane Chemical Laser Reaction,

Abstract

Fluorine atoms react with methane at low collision energies according to the chemical-laser reaction; F+CH4 to HF(*)+CH3. At somewhat higher energies (1-1.5 eV) the reaction F+CH4 to FCH3+H is possible. The fluorine-methane system is considered in this analysis as a three-particle system consisting of a fluorine atom, a hydrogen atom, and a methyl radical. The use of a three-parameter London-Eyring-Polyanyi-Sato (LEPS) potential, energy surface, in conjunction with Monte Carlo trajectory calculations, has made it possible to reproduce theoretically the results of several experiments and to make a prediction for another.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA017756

Entities

People

  • Arthur Gauss Jr.

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Lasers
  • Collisions
  • Elements
  • Fluorine
  • Hydrogen
  • Intercept Trajectories
  • Lasers
  • Particles
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy